Public Sector Contracts in Scotland

Public Sector
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 2 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 0
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 591 810 1,152
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 27.57% 30.04% 33.75%
As % of the General category 42.98% 44.73% 47.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 374 639 942
10th Percentile £156 £179 £219
25th Percentile £276 £400 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £456
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +1.54% +7.18%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £548
90th Percentile £636 £600 £600
UK median daily rate £510 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -1.92% +4.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 2 7
10th Percentile £12.00 £13.20 £17.74
25th Percentile £12.94 £13.87 £20.20
Median hourly rate £17.50 £15.36 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.97% -40.94% -64.63%
75th Percentile £18.86 £16.47 £48.00
90th Percentile £24.57 £16.91 £57.10
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £20.26 £20.00
% change year-on-year +11.06% +1.30% +11.11%

All General Skills
Scotland

Public Sector is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,375 1,811 2,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 64.13% 67.17% 70.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 828 1,296 1,737
10th Percentile £178 £225 £230
25th Percentile £333 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £561 £551 £550
90th Percentile £638 £644 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 28 46
10th Percentile £12.18 £12.62 £15.04
25th Percentile £14.50 £14.17 £17.50
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.88 £32.14
Median % change year-on-year -8.80% -38.15% +83.66%
75th Percentile £48.00 £58.75 £47.25
90th Percentile £67.00 £67.22 £53.75
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.40 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.41% +44.00% +4.65%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Scotland

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Scotland

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Scotland

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Scotland

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Sector in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in Scotland

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh 0 340 £450 -2.70% 35
Glasgow -5 116 £482 -3.70% 50
South Lanarkshire +1 50 £600 +33.33%
Dundee +1 14 £275 -31.25% 2
South Ayrshire 0 9 £144 +5.95%
Lanarkshire +4 8 £413 -12.47% 33
Renfrewshire -5 8 £325 +20.37%
West Lothian +5 5 £188 -55.88% 1
Midlothian 0 3 £428 -12.31% 12
Aberdeen -3 2 £220 +28.87% 3
Inverclyde - 2 £172 -
Argyll and Bute - 2 £198 -
Stirling - 1 £525 - 1
Fife - 1 £428 -
Public Sector
UK

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 55 (9.31%) Confluence
2 17 (2.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (2.71%) CMS
4 9 (1.52%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.68%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.51%) WordPress
7 2 (0.34%) Apache
7 2 (0.34%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.34%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.34%) JBoss
7 2 (0.34%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.34%) WildFly
8 1 (0.17%) Drupal
8 1 (0.17%) SAS
8 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 40 (6.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (1.35%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.34%) Adobe Captivate
7 2 (0.34%) Camtasia
7 2 (0.34%) Lectora
8 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.17%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 5 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (0.85%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 4 (0.68%) Dynamics GP
2 4 (0.68%) Oracle Cash Management
2 4 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.68%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.51%) iTrent
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.17%) assyst
4 1 (0.17%) Maximo
4 1 (0.17%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.17%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 60 (10.15%) AWS
2 58 (9.81%) Azure
3 37 (6.26%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (6.26%) Serverless
4 36 (6.09%) Amazon S3
5 33 (5.58%) AWS CloudFormation
6 32 (5.41%) Power Platform
7 30 (5.08%) AWS Lambda
7 30 (5.08%) OCI
8 27 (4.57%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (3.72%) OpenShift
10 15 (2.54%) SaaS
11 13 (2.20%) Entra ID
11 13 (2.20%) Power Automate
12 11 (1.86%) PaaS
12 11 (1.86%) PowerApps
13 10 (1.69%) IaaS
14 9 (1.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 9 (1.52%) Amazon EC2
14 9 (1.52%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.86%) Firewall
2 8 (1.35%) Intranet
3 7 (1.18%) SAN
3 7 (1.18%) VPN
4 6 (1.02%) Internet
4 6 (1.02%) LAN
4 6 (1.02%) VoIP
5 5 (0.85%) SSL
5 5 (0.85%) WAN
6 4 (0.68%) IPsec
6 4 (0.68%) Network Security
6 4 (0.68%) SCCP
7 3 (0.51%) WLAN
8 2 (0.34%) DHCP
8 2 (0.34%) DNS
8 2 (0.34%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (0.17%) 4G
9 1 (0.17%) 5G
9 1 (0.17%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.17%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (6.43%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (3.89%) Power BI
3 22 (3.72%) Oracle Database
4 21 (3.55%) Amazon Aurora
5 20 (3.38%) Oracle Reports
6 15 (2.54%) MongoDB
7 12 (2.03%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (1.69%) SQL Server
9 8 (1.35%) GIS
10 7 (1.18%) Tableau
11 6 (1.02%) Big Data
11 6 (1.02%) MySQL
12 5 (0.85%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 4 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
13 4 (0.68%) MariaDB
13 4 (0.68%) Metadata
13 4 (0.68%) QGIS
14 3 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.51%) Informix
Development Applications
1 88 (14.89%) JIRA
2 15 (2.54%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.18%) GitLab
4 6 (1.02%) Git
5 5 (0.85%) Artifactory
5 5 (0.85%) Cucumber
5 5 (0.85%) Selenium
6 4 (0.68%) Oracle APEX
6 4 (0.68%) Oracle Forms
6 4 (0.68%) Subversion
6 4 (0.68%) WebDriver
7 3 (0.51%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.34%) JUnit
8 2 (0.34%) Maven
8 2 (0.34%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.34%) Tricentis qTest
9 1 (0.17%) Gatling
9 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.17%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.17%) webpack
General
1 169 (28.60%) Social Skills
2 67 (11.34%) Finance
3 62 (10.49%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (4.23%) Presentation Skills
5 23 (3.89%) Influencing Skills
5 23 (3.89%) Organisational Skills
6 14 (2.37%) Marketing
7 12 (2.03%) Publishing
8 9 (1.52%) Back Office
9 7 (1.18%) Local Government
10 6 (1.02%) Electronics
10 6 (1.02%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.02%) Telecoms
11 5 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.68%) Legal
13 3 (0.51%) Banking
13 3 (0.51%) Law
13 3 (0.51%) Social Science
14 2 (0.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.34%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 87 (14.72%) Analyst
2 71 (12.01%) Senior
3 67 (11.34%) Developer
4 47 (7.95%) Lead
5 41 (6.94%) Project Manager
6 34 (5.75%) Support Officer
7 33 (5.58%) Architect
8 26 (4.40%) Business Analyst
8 26 (4.40%) IT Support
9 24 (4.06%) Consultant
10 20 (3.38%) Designer
11 18 (3.05%) Product Manager
12 15 (2.54%) Delivery Manager
13 14 (2.37%) IT Engineer
13 14 (2.37%) Senior Manager
14 13 (2.20%) Support Analyst
15 12 (2.03%) Field Engineer
15 12 (2.03%) Field Service Engineer
15 12 (2.03%) IT Analyst
15 12 (2.03%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (6.43%) AWS CDK
2 28 (4.74%) React
3 26 (4.40%) CSS
3 26 (4.40%) HTML
4 24 (4.06%) .NET
5 23 (3.89%) REST
6 18 (3.05%) Oracle Fusion
7 14 (2.37%) Node.js
8 11 (1.86%) SOAP
9 10 (1.69%) RESTful
9 10 (1.69%) Web Services
10 9 (1.52%) OpenID
11 8 (1.35%) Spring
12 7 (1.18%) SAML
12 7 (1.18%) SpaCy
12 7 (1.18%) Spring Boot
13 6 (1.02%) OAuth
13 6 (1.02%) OAuth2
13 6 (1.02%) PostGIS
13 6 (1.02%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (6.60%) Management Information System
2 25 (4.23%) Product Ownership
3 18 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
4 14 (2.37%) Data Centre
5 9 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (1.52%) Legacy Applications
5 9 (1.52%) Social Media
5 9 (1.52%) Wiki
6 7 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.02%) Freedom of Information
7 6 (1.02%) PKI
8 5 (0.85%) Client/Server
8 5 (0.85%) CMDB
8 5 (0.85%) Driving Licence
8 5 (0.85%) Video Editing
9 4 (0.68%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.68%) Replication
9 4 (0.68%) Security Posture
9 4 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.51%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 38 (6.43%) Windows
2 20 (3.38%) Linux
3 9 (1.52%) Windows 10
3 9 (1.52%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.35%) Unix
5 6 (1.02%) Android
5 6 (1.02%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.68%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.17%) AIX
7 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.17%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.17%) pSOS
7 1 (0.17%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (27.41%) Agile
2 65 (11.00%) Project Management
3 63 (10.66%) Roadmaps
4 56 (9.48%) DevOps
5 53 (8.97%) Problem-Solving
6 52 (8.80%) Scrum
7 49 (8.29%) User Research
8 46 (7.78%) User Experience
9 45 (7.61%) Coaching
10 43 (7.28%) ITIL
10 43 (7.28%) Project Delivery
11 40 (6.77%) Migration
11 40 (6.77%) Stakeholder Management
12 39 (6.60%) PRINCE2
12 39 (6.60%) Risk Management
13 38 (6.43%) Analytics
14 37 (6.26%) CI/CD
15 35 (5.92%) Business Intelligence
15 35 (5.92%) Cybersecurity
16 33 (5.58%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 40 (6.77%) SQL
2 38 (6.43%) Java
2 38 (6.43%) JavaScript
3 34 (5.75%) TypeScript
4 31 (5.25%) Python
5 20 (3.38%) PowerShell
6 16 (2.71%) Bash
6 16 (2.71%) Shell Script
7 8 (1.35%) T-SQL
8 5 (0.85%) PL/SQL
9 4 (0.68%) C#
9 4 (0.68%) Groovy
10 2 (0.34%) C++
10 2 (0.34%) VBA
10 2 (0.34%) VBScript
11 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.17%) R
11 1 (0.17%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 104 (17.60%) Security Cleared
2 81 (13.71%) SC Cleared
3 60 (10.15%) Degree
4 22 (3.72%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (2.54%) MCSE
6 13 (2.20%) CISSP
7 12 (2.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 11 (1.86%) ITIL Certification
9 9 (1.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 9 (1.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 8 (1.35%) CCNA
10 8 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.18%) A+ Certification
11 7 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (1.18%) Network+ Certification
12 5 (0.85%) CISM
12 5 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (0.85%) HNC
13 4 (0.68%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.68%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (13.03%) Disclosure Scotland
2 45 (7.61%) Accessibility
3 28 (4.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (2.20%) PMO
4 13 (2.20%) QA
5 11 (1.86%) SLA
5 11 (1.86%) WCAG
6 9 (1.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 6 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (0.85%) GDPR
9 4 (0.68%) NIST
10 3 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.51%) ISO 31000
10 3 (0.51%) NCSC
11 2 (0.34%) COBIT
11 2 (0.34%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.34%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.17%) GRC
12 1 (0.17%) IFRS
12 1 (0.17%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 38 (6.43%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.37%) Docker
3 10 (1.69%) BitLocker
4 7 (1.18%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.17%) KVM
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 24 (4.06%) Grafana
2 13 (2.20%) Kubernetes
2 13 (2.20%) SCCM
3 12 (2.03%) Ansible
4 11 (1.86%) Terraform
5 6 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (1.02%) Kibana
6 4 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.34%) HP Quality Center
7 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.34%) Puppet
7 2 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.17%) logstash
8 1 (0.17%) Nagios
8 1 (0.17%) Nessus
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.17%) SCOM
8 1 (0.17%) WSUS
8 1 (0.17%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 91 (15.40%) Microsoft
2 75 (12.69%) Oracle
3 20 (3.38%) Atlassian
4 13 (2.20%) ServiceNow
5 10 (1.69%) Dell
5 10 (1.69%) Okta
6 8 (1.35%) Adobe
7 7 (1.18%) CrowdStrike
7 7 (1.18%) Google
7 7 (1.18%) HP
7 7 (1.18%) Zscaler
8 6 (1.02%) Cadence
8 6 (1.02%) McAfee
8 6 (1.02%) SAP
8 6 (1.02%) VMware
9 5 (0.85%) Facebook
9 5 (0.85%) Instagram
10 4 (0.68%) ESRI
10 4 (0.68%) Twitter
10 4 (0.68%) YouTube